Ecosystem Membership & Partners

The aim of the Ecosystem is to create a collaborative, innovation-friendly environment to enable all members to benefit from the rapidly expanding connected health marketplace, and the opportunities afforded by the devolution of Greater Manchester's £6bn health and social care budget.

With a large and diverse membership across academia, the NHS, industry, Public Health & local government, the Ecosystem can potentially benefit participants in a number of ways:

Research & Academia

Access to state-of-the-art technology and knowledge in industry and other partner organisations

Develop an understanding of user needs & priorities

Opportunity to inform research agenda

Develop partnerships to apply for Research Council, and other, funding streams

Patient Groups, Third Sector & Charity Organisations

Addressing of unmet needs and priorities

Influencing design and deployment of new services

Providing a voice for the service user, carer, and consumer

Opportunity to engage with partners and develop own research and funding opportunities

Early adopter of new technologies

Whilst membership of the Ecosystem and attendance at events is free, we ask that participants commit appropriate time and resources to attend events and develop partnerships, and that subject to the success of any activities and commitments made through the Ecosystem, they be prepared to share best practice with the rest of the network. Further details are available here.